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[quote=Anonymous]Gen X latch key kid here.  Did my own laundry at a young age, and had one night per week that I was responsible for making dinner/doing the dishes.  Sibling did another night and mom did the rest.  I think we were 10 and 12 when that started

I worked PT until our kids went to college. I drove them all over the place for activities, and managed the household.  We sacrificed. Drove old cars until they died, the only vacations were driving to grandparents, and as they grew up, our kids did not have the latest and greatest phones that their peers did.

I learned 2 things:

1. It takes a village. I am grateful to the friends we made, who helped us, who we helped, who lived aloud kids as we did theirs.

2. I am the daughter of a feminist who fought for rights we no longer have and this saddens me.  My mom taught me women can have it all, work and family. Well, what I learned is that you can have it all, just not all at the same time.  My FT job before leaving for children didn't pay enough to make a nanny or child care worth it.  And if it did, I would have missed out on family things.  I opted to prioritize family, and once the kids went off to college, leaned back in to FT work.  [/quote]

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